(a) Where a teacher is sick, he or she shall be entitled to sick leave during his or her sickness and be paid his or her salary during such sick leave; but subject to subsection 20.01 (b), the leave shall not exceed twenty (20) teaching days in any school year.
(b) Where the employment of a teacher is continued for more than one year, the non-used portion of the sick leave in any year(s) shall be carried forward and accumulated from year to year to a maximum of forty (40) days in the second year; sixty (60) days in the third year; eighty (80) days in the fourth year, one hundred (100) days in the fifth year and one hundred thirty days (130) in subsequent years. (Effective September 2016)
(c) Part time teachers or those employed on a fixed or short term contract, shall receive the same benefits on a pro-rata basis.
All teachers shall be notified by the end of September of each year of their total accumulated sick leave entitlement.
Effective September 2016, A teacher may utilize up to four (4) sick days per school year to attend to the illness, injury or medical appointment of his/her child(ren), spouse or parents. Every effort shall be made to schedule medical appointments outside of school hours.
Effective September 2017, A teacher may utilize up to five (5) sick days per school year to attend to the illness, injury or medical appointment of his/her child(ren), spouse or parents. Every effort shall be made to schedule medical appointments outside of school hours.
Should the Division become eligible for a reduction in premium under the Employment Insurance Act, the teachers’ 5/12 share of the premium reduction will be remitted twice yearly (at the conclusion of the Spring and Fall Terms) to the Secretary Treasurer of the local association.
Subject to the provisions of Article 20.00, a pregnant teacher, who as a result of her condition before or after delivery, is unable to be at work and perform her regular duties for a valid health reason, shall be entitled to sick leave. The teacher shall follow current proof of claim procedures for sick leave entitlement as may be required by the Division.
NOTE: Increase in 20.01(b) to 115 day maximum from 105 days effective the first day of the fall term 2007.